Sentence examples for erode the ability from inspiring English sources

Airports are a symbol of the concerted effort to erode the ability of working people to improve their jobs.

Borrowing costs have been rising in recent weeks, threatening to erode the ability of private equity firms to strike lucrative leveraged buyouts.

Both of these trends will erode the ability of the United States to issue debt at super-low interest rates, and accelerate the ascent of China's currency.

State Department officials said the execution of Mr. Medellín and the other four convicted killers might erode the ability of the United States to help people accused of crimes abroad.

But "Virtuality" (unlike "Battlestar Galactica") is less invested in asserting itself politically than in getting you to stop already with the Mortal Kombat, not out of a reductive belief that such sensory adventures further aggression but rather out of the broader fear that they erode the ability to distinguish what is happening from what you think is happening.

These background financial pressures, building around the industry the same way that heat-trapping greenhouse gases are building in the atmosphere, are what will erode the ability of today's media to dissect and explain the causes and consequences of environmental change and the suite of possible responses.

The virus erodes the ability of your immune system to deal with other bugs throughout life.

In time, it leads to scarring and erodes the ability to deliver oxygen.

Falling housing prices have eroded the ability of homeowners to borrow against their property, threatening their ability to spend freely.

Poor organization, inadequate financing and a lack of aggressive leadership have eroded the ability of United States intelligence agencies to face new threats, said a Congressional report released today.

Congress has steadily eroded the ability of the I.R.S. to pursue tax cheats, cutting the number of auditors by a third, for example, even as the number of tax returns grows.